Logistics
Exporting Lithium Product Via Côte d’Ivoire
The Bougouni Lithium Project is located in Southern Mali, 170km south of the capital Bamako and benefits from having great access to several reliable transport routes to export its Lithium product to international markets.
Kodal plans to transport its Lithium concentrate product to the Port of San Pedro in the Cote d’Ivoire and has enjoyed great relations with the port authorities following several visits to the port. The route, roughly 900km south of Bougouni with just one border crossing, is a well established and secure truck route used by many producers in the area.
Kodal has submitted a proposal, which is currently under evaluation from Bulk Terminal operator TIPSP (Terminal Industriel Polyvalent de San Pedro), a strategic partnership between ARISE P&L, S. Energies and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. TIPSP has invested €173 million in San Pedro Port to modernise and upgrade the bulk terminal facility to handle c.12Mt per annum.
Kodal has also commissioned a route survey by experienced Logistics Consultant, which has also investigated alternative routes to ports including to Dakar, the capital of Senegal; Abidjan, the Cote d’Ivoire’s largest city; and Conakry, the capital city of Guinea.
